The Somewhat Ambitious

Did you know that crime used to be the reserve of the chic and fashion conscious? That criminals used to hang around in whiskey bars, lounging on crisp leather settees while discussing the hip new trends in cat burglary? Did you? Me neither!… Or at least such is what I have been able to deduce [...]

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Trope was one of those words you discovered in your first year of Uni and then abused to within an inch of its life in every piece of assessable writing you had to churn out over the next two years. Why use technique when you can use trope? Why use method when you can use [...]

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Michael Jackson’s memorial has barely finished, and already the awesomely batshit mental cavalcade of news has begun rolling in. I’m sure you’re all rather sick of hearing about Jackson, and I’m even more certain that your minds are made up already about him. Off The Wall and Thriller are awesome albums, his work with the [...]

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Shortly, you’ll be able to read all about Nerds of a Feather from this morning. But first, some housekeeping. Today, Luke turns 24! Yes, almost a quarter of a century ago, the lab where Luke was assembled had a surprise in store for the world. Not content to have created the worlds first sentient robot, [...]

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Well, I guess I sort of asked for it. Today, Luke kicked me into the Yarra. The premise of this weeks punishment (for the loser of No Fuck Friday 3) was to be “baptised in the Yarra”. The water was teetering around the six to seven degree mark, and I wasn’t so much baptised as [...]

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This is a treat for you all on your Tuesday afternoon. Not only do these guys use math to solve crimes (eat a dick, Numbers. Eat a dick.) but one half of Mathnet is Monday, the nerd girl responsible for making me crush on nerd girls ever since. If you never saw Mathnet, basically it [...]

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Now, I like to think I am never, ever, ever at any time ever prone to hyperbole, so you can trust me when I say that this blog post will in all likelihood change everything you thought you knew about the world.
When you were young, everybody basically dreamed of having the same four things [...]

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My girlfriend TJ is over in Shanghai, and whipped up this popart wallpaper of sorts, for The Somewhat Ambitious. I’m very chuffed. It’s a pretty fair representation of how we both behave with a camera on us. Luke is calm, collected, and charming. I turn into an utter goon.
If you missed Nerds of a [...]

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Hi everyone,
Many apologies for the eerie silence that has settled upon The Somewhat Ambitious over the past five or so days! If you’re wondering why things were quiet, Luke had just finished a month of doing his comedy festival show, Luke’s Got Cancer, and partying his everloving tits off. I’ve been sick recently with what [...]

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Yes, the new Star Trek film has premiered, and there have also been various press screenings. So in spite of the fact that it doesn’t come out until May 7th (I believe), there are individuals who have seen it. Myself and Luke are two of those individuals.
Now I’m not going to give anything away, because [...]

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